Social Security Administration Guard Leroy Huff Facing Charges for Physical Confrontation with Melissa McMann over Service Dog

Leroy Huff, a guard at the Social Security Administration office in Winder, Ga., facing simple battery charge after confrontation with Melissa McMann over her service dog turns physical.

A Social Security Administration guard, Leroy Huff, is facing a simple battery charge after he allegedly grabbed Melissa McMann, who is visually impaired, trying to remove her from the Winder, Ga., office, saying she didn't have papers to prove that was the dog with her was a service dog. When confronted by the police, Huff said he was a federal officer. Um, didn't realize a security guard can be considered as a federal officer. Of course, I am being sarcastic.

According to a Winder Police Department report, as the couple was seated waiting to be called, Huff, an armed security guard, came up and told them dogs were not allowed in the facility.

When the couple explained that the Labrador was a service dog and legally allowed to there, the officer demanded to see papers to prove it – even though the dog had a guide harness and a sign attached to the harness stating it was “a working dog for the blind,” the police report said.

The McManns said they did not have such paperwork and continued to protest that the dog was a permitted animal. At this point, the police report says, Huff “proceeded to grab (the woman) and attempted to forcefully remove her from the building.” The husband objected and called the police on his cell phone.

Huff told a Winder police officer that the woman had failed to obey him. He admitted she had not tried to resist him physically. When asked why he did not call the police, “Huff informed me that he did not have to call the police. He told me he was a federal officer and was not required to involve the police,” the officer wrote in his report. Source: AJC

News flash to Leroy Huff, people don't walk around with service dogs just because they feel like it. The dogs serve a purpose, just like you at the Social Security Administration office in Winder. Expect a civil lawsuit for grabbing this woman. She said she's still in pain from the confrontation.